John Nott

John Nott (1 February 1932-) was the British Secretary of State for Defense from 5 January 1981 to 6 January 1983, succeeding Francis Pym and preceding Michael Heseltine.

Biography
John Nott was born in Bideford, Devon, England in 1932, and he served in the British Army during the Malayan Emergency before returning home and becoming a lawyer. He served as a Member of Parliament for St. Ives from 1966 to 1983, identifying as a "National Liberal" before the group's formal merger with the Conservative Party in 1968. Nott served under Margaret Thatcher as Secretary of State for Trade from 1979 to 1981 and as Secretary of State for Defense from 1981 to 1983, with the Falklands War occurring during his latter tenure. In 1983, he retired from politics, and he was knighted. He then entered banking.